Nakayama Yoshiko

Nakayama Yoshiko (16 January 1836-5 October 1907) was a Japanese lady-in-waiting who was the favorite concubine of Emperor Komei and the mother of Emperor Meiji.

Biography
Nakayama Yoshiko was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1836, the daughter of Lord Nakayama Tadayasu, a member of the Fujiwara clan. She entered the service of the Imperial Court at the age of 16, and she became the concubine of her third cousin once removed Emperor Komei. Her son, the future Emperor Meiji, was the first of Komei's six sons. After the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial family moved to Tokyo, where she died in 1907.